To meet the skills gap, Commonwealth of Virginia on August 31, became the first state to formally adopt National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Workforce Framework and incorporate it into existing cybersecurity education and hiring efforts.
The NICE Framework provides...
Amid the growing concerns over its capability to monitor fraudulent transactions and also as a measure to cut expenses, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is moving critical cybersecurity operations to an undisclosed offshore location. It is heard on the...
Irish cybersecurity expert Paul C. Dwyer has called for an Anglo-Irish Cyber Task Force in the wake of Brexit negotiations that, according to him, are not addressing the “the concerns of the digital community and digital borders on matters...
A company investigation by Wells Fargo revealed that 1.4 million fake accounts may have been created by its employees. The accounts, created between January 2009 and September 2016, were discovered during the company’s investigation of 165 million retail banking...
A misconfigured spambot leaked more than 700 million email addresses and millions of passwords in a massive data breach. Considered to be one of the largest data breaches ever, the leak contains almost twice the records than those contained...
The anonymous hacking group OurMine recently hacked WikiLeaks, the data-leaking site owned by Julian Assange. The users of the website were redirected to a page that claimed the attack was a response to a challenge from WikiLeaks to hack...
In a recent cyber attack on second-hand electronics dealer CeX, the hackers may have stolen personal details of as many as two million customers. The stolen data include names, email addresses, phone numbers, and, in some cases, passwords. The...
India and the European Union (EU) have reaffirmed their commitment toward working for “open, free, secure, stable, peaceful, and accessible cyberspace, enabling economic growth and innovation.” The announcement was made at the Fourth India-EU Cyber Dialogue which was held...
The Food and Drug Administration of the United States of America recently issued an alert stating that a total of 745,000 pacemaker devices by Abbott Laboratories are vulnerable to hacks and need a firmware update. The radio-frequency enabled devices...
Corero Network Security, a company that provides DDoS & Network Security Solutions, recently sent Freedom of Information requests to a number of United Kingdom infrastructure organizations to know whether they meet the basic cybersecurity standards issued by the UK...
